Painting my Dust Tactics minis

[Tigan 0]

So I got Dust Tactics for Christmas.
Love this game so far and wanted to share the work I’ve put into painting the minis so far to get some useful feedback.
I started painting miniatures with games like Mansions of Madness and Descent so this was my first attempt on Tanks/Walkers/non-monster-stuff.
Suggestions and critique are desired so I can learn some new painting techniques to make them even prettier.

Also please bear in mind that english is not my native language. I apologize if you can find some mayor spelling/grammar mistakes

First I gave the “Heavy Flak Grenadiers” a try and think they turned out pretty nice. But painting guys in heavy armor and flashy weapons is something I’ve been doing in the past so I gave some of the bigger guys the brush.

The “Hans” was the first walker I painted and – of course – went crazy on the battle damage. He just looks like he’s seen and survived a few battles!
After painting 2 Axis troops I thought I should give the Allies some love.

“The Hammers” were the first one’s I tried and the left one was my first attempt on something you could call camouflage. I thought it looked like crap so I gave the other two another look and think it turned out quite nice.

“Wildfire” was next in line and this time I tried not to completely wreck him with battle damage and was proud of my self-control. I started to alternate between Axis and Allies so both players can have some pretty miniatures on the board.

The “Sturmpioniere” I kind of rushed but still liked the outcome at the end.

“Heinrich” was the next walker I tried and the second time I tried camouflage. I also wanted to give him some kind of rusty look but not completely wasted and used. I like how the camouflage turned out but am not really happy with the rust.

So if you guys like my Dust Tactics miniatures I’m going to keep them updated. And like I said give me some tips on how to improve my painting technique.

Also does someone know how to get some Dust decals in Europe? I could order them in the US but would prefer if there would be an European distributer.
 

[Major Mishap 33]

Hi, I think the painting is good but not the colour choices.  There is to much shiny bare metal, bare metal = rust, I'd dirty these down with some black wash.  The lime green ammo containers are also a bit non-military colours, again a dark brown or black wash might take some of the shine off.  The lime green hoses could do with painting black.  The bronze bits are a bit of a 'steam punk' colour not fitting for WW2 , I'd pefere using the basic green or grey.  Of course all that is just personal preference Hope this helps.

[Tigan 0]

Hi, appreciate the comment!
Which colours do you mean by saying you don’t like the colour choices I made? The bronze and lime green you pointed out or the whole green Allies – grey Axis I used?
I see the point in washing down the metal. I’m going to do this with the next walker and see how it turns out
The bronze parts are something I really like about my minis. I’m not going for a super realistic style and am also kind of a steam punk fan
Again – thanks for the input.
 

[Major Mishap 33]

Just the lime green, the rest is ok

[krunsh 0]

The figures look great and i hope you'll get some decent decals for them.
But what I'm way more curious about is which obstacles you have and how you've painted them?

keep the good work comming

[Lska2 0]

Nice work but i find all of them too shiny, but that maybe just the light, the lime color brings memories of some Eldar walkers, they have such "warm" colours. As for the decals on dust store they cost 4$ and sending them (at least to polnad) 1$- today i played with a fellow who says so, and it surely is true;) Oh and i love the camo on Heinrich, i'm not a fun of big rusty monsters so the acual mini-rust is great looking in my opinion;)

[Tigan 0]

Thanks Lska!

Its part the light and part painting that makes them shiny. I washed the metal parts down and that helped a lot and i think they look better that way!

Ordered the decals today in the dust store, guess you're right. If they deliver to poland the'll certainly deliver them to me . I'm looking forward to putting them on the Walker!

[Loophole Master 2]

They delivered the decals to me over here in Brazil, so there shouldn't be a problem. It took a little longer than expected, though, a little over a month.

[Jiltedtoo 1]

I really like your Heinrich.

You put alot of work into the little details.

[Psykostevo 3]

I really like your weathering technique on the painted surfaces. For the metals try a tin bitz type of base before using a boltgun style metallic. Then flesh wash or ink it and then touch up a few tasteful highlights in a mithril. 

Also, look into flesh techniques too. 

 

Were you previously a tank hobbyist?